Freeview Light on the Ramsey (IoM) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ramsey (IoM) transmitter which serves 2,500 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Ramsey (IoM) mast?
No problems on any service. 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Ramsey (IoM) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Ramsey (IoM) transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C39+ (618.2MHz) | 136m | DTG- | 100W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C45- (665.8MHz) | 136m | DTG- | 100W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 136m | DTG- | 100W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Ramsey (IoM) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Ramsey (IoM) transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 166km southeast (125°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 166km southeast (125°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Ramsey (IoM) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Jun 2020- | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C45 | -D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C49tv_off | +BBCA | ||||||||
| C66 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C68 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 18 Jun 09 and 16 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 100W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-10dB) 10W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Douglas transmitter area
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Friday, 4 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
RAMSEY (IOM) transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 13 Aug 23:42 until 13 Aug 23:52. . [BBC]
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Friday, 25 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
RAMSEY (IOM) transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Sep 11:12. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
RAMSEY (IOM) transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Sep 11:12 until 25 Sep 15:22. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
RAMSEY (IOM) transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 20 August 2022
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Jane 7:40 AM
Hi
I have lost bbc 1 channel and itv
From my tv in the bedroom but not down stairs
Im in Ramsey
Its either scrambled or no signal .
Data service
I retune but does not make any difference
Can you help
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C
Chris.SE2:34 PM
Jane:
Current weather conditions are causing "Tropospheric Ducting" which is affecting different parts of the UK at various times, this results in inference from distant transmitters.
Both Freeview and the BBC have issued warning about short term reception problems.
If you were correctly tuned you are advised NEVER to retune when you have No signal or badly pixellated pictures as this usually just clears your correct tuning.
You then have to retune again when signals are normal which might mean several attempts as yoyu won't know when that may be.
But as you have only lost signal on one set, I would check all your aerial connections behind that TV first. Do they both share the same aerial?
If you don't normally have problems getting correctly tuned when you have retuned with previous channel changes, best to try again. Otherwise we'd need to know which way your aerial points and a full postcode to advise which transmitter you may be receiving.and so which UHF channels to tune to. IF you are actually pointing at the Ramsey transmitter the UHF channels are C39, C45 plus C42 for the HD ones if you have an HD/T2 tuner.
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